Welding rod



Patented Nov. 10, 1970 All welding rods listed in the table consisted of 50% 3,539,307 tungsten carbide and 50% of an alloy having the composi- WELDING ROD tion given in Table 2 for each welding rod. Anton Baumel, Goethestrasse 26, Lank,

(Lower Rhine), Germany TABLE 2 No Drawing. Filed Aug. 11, 1967, Ser. No. 659,862 5 No 1 2 3 4 Int. Cl. C22c 29/00 us. or. z9 1s2.s 6 Claims mm ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A welding rod for making wear-resisting and corrosionis resisting hard facings. The rod consists of 10-9'0% tung- 5 sten carbide and -90% of a powder having the follow- Balance Balance Balance ing ingredients: O.l4.0% carbon, 0.05-2.0% silicon, The facings made from the investigated sintered elec- 0.05-2.0% manganese, -40% chromium, (ll-20% trodes have the same high resistance to corrosion as the nickel, an element selected from the class consisting of electrodes themselves. The wear resistance of the facings tungsten in amount of 2-20% and columbium in an made from the electrodes according to the invention was amount of 2-15%, 0.3-6.0% copper, 01-10% molybcompared with known electrodes which contain tungsten denum, 0.1-5% iron and the balance cobalt. 20 carbide. For this comparison, the Balke method was used,

in which the ratio of the abrasion of a faced specimen is compared with a certain steel specimen. When this This invention relates to a welding rod which is usable i i fl is.described the abrasign factori is Small in the making of wear-resisting and corrosion-resisting i .ldlcates a hlgh wear r.eslstance' A hlgh abraslon factor hard facings and which consists of a sintered powder mdlcates low we.ar.reslstance' The "d are apparlmt mixture which contains tungsten carbide. from Table 3 and indicate that the weldlng rods according W31 ding rods which contain tungsten carbide and are to the lnvention are equivalent to the previously known used for making wear-resisting hard facings are known. Eveldmg g as the hardness and the abrasion Whereas the hard facings. made with the known elecactor 0 t e hard acmg are concerned trodes have satisfactory wearing properties, they do not TABLE $FE$8 gggfifs FACTOR OF withstand an attack by corrosive chemical substances.

It has now been found that hard f ac ings which are fig g gfi fl g g g; Wear-resisting as well as corrosion-resisting can be ob- 1 6%8 0 25 tained with the aid of the Welding rods according to 21IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 64-66 0:20 the invention. .3 64-68 0.22

The welding rods according to the invention constitute a sintered powder mixture which contains tungsten carbide and consists of 10-90% by weight of tungsten carbide and 90-10% of a powder consisting of 0.1-4.0% carbon, 0.05-2.0% silicon, ODS-2.0% manganese, 20-40% chromium, 01-20% nickel, 220% tungsten or 2-15% columbium, 03-60% copper, 01-10% molybdenum, 0.1-5% iron, balance cobalt. The powder proportion amounting to 90-10% by weight consists preferably of 0.8-2.5% carbon, 0.5-1.5% silicon, up to 0.5% manganese, 25-35% chromium, 5-15% nickel, 4-12% tungsten or 4-8% columbium, 13% copper, 2-4.5% molybdenum, up to 3% iron, balance cobalt.

The welding rods according to the invention and the facing which is deposited from them exhibit an increased resistance to the attack of chemical substances, as is apparent from Table l, which gives a comparison of the weight losses of a known welding rod which contains tungsten carbide (No. 1) in boiling 20% sulfuric acid It is apparent that the welding rods according to the invention are equivalent to corresponding known welding rods in hardness and wearing properties and are much 40 superior to them in corrosion resistance. As all welding rods which have been compared give facings having approximately the same hardness, a significant difference in the susceptibility to cracking is not to be expected.

Although the invention has been illustrated and described with reference to one preferred embodiment thereof, it is understood that it is in no way limited to the details of such embodiment but is capable of numerous modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: 1. A welding rod for making wear-resisting and corrosion-resisting hard facings,

said welding rod consisting of a sintered powder mixture of 1090% tungsten carbide and 10-90% of a powder consisting of 01-40% carbon,

and boiling 10% hydrochloric acid and of the weight 0,0540% silicon, losses of welding rods according to the invention (-Nos. manganese, 20-40% chromium,

01-20% nickel, TABLE 1 an element selected from the class consisting of tung- Weightlossesingrams persqum mater hour 6 sten in an amount of 2-20% and columbium in an Welding rod Boiling 20% msor Boiling 1 H01 amount of 245% 0 106 0.3-6.0% copper, 2 m5 01-10% molybdenum, 1.2 6- 0.1-5% iron, 2.3 8.0 5

balance cobalt.

3 2. A welding rocl as set forth in claim 1, in which said powder consists of 08-25% carbon 0.51.5% silicon, traces to 0.5% manganese, 25-35% chromium, 5l5% nickel, an element selected from the class consisting of tungsten in an amount of 4-12% and columbium in an amount of 48%,

13% copper, 24.5% molybdenum, traces to 3% iron, balance cobalt. 3. A welding rod as set forth in claim 1, in which said powder contains 0.15O.20% manganese.

4. A welding rod as set forth in claim 1, in which said powder contains approximately 3.63.7% molybdenum.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,329,487 7/1967 Sowko 29-182.8 X 3,370,928 2/1968 Fassler 29-1828 X 3,403,009 9/1968 Bergstrom 29182.8 X 3,410,732 11/1968 Smith 29-1828 X BENJAMIN R. PADGETT, Primary Examiner A. J. STEINER, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 75204 

